12 Years ago I started a list because a lot of folks I encountered were having a hard time or shared that they did not see a lot they could be grateful for in this area. I had learned about writing gratitude lists to generate for myself the good around me and keep it first in my heart and mind and sent out a “gratitude” list of 100 things I was grateful for in Wilmington that year. It was met with great success!
I decided, and have kept up that each year I would do the list but make it equivalent to the number of years I had been doing it!
This year I am at 1200, and I am so glad to be able to have this exercise.
I have included groups, things, organizations, and places. Names are only used in reference to gifts..don't go looking for your name! LOL! :)
I generate a NEW list each year. This is stream of consciousness, just like my blog.
Regardless of what someone might think of this list, regardless of what my circumstances might be, regardless of what events may occur in my life, it is a tradition I will continue, because, I/we am/are blessed and it is worth remembering, offering thanksgiving, and sharing with each other! I hope it will spark a list of your own and feel free to steal mine!
I am grateful for….
1.) God
2.) Loving
3.) being loved
4.) Trusting
5.) being trusted
6.) Having hope!
7.) Being more in the moment than I have EVER been in my lifetime
8.) A daily reprieve that is unfathomable
9.) The most amazing husband and an unconditional love, partnership, friendship I can only pray to earn each and every day!
10.) Having my mother, step father, father still alive and with me
11.) My mother’s amazing group of friends
12.) My mother’s art
13.) My mother’s book group
14.) My family, both blood and chosen
15.) Time with daddy
16.) My conversations with daddy
17.) Healing and change
18.) Understanding more and more that accepting people for who they are, allows for healing to happen.
19.) Letting go and letting God
20.) First things first
21.) One day at a time
22.) Our beautiful cats, 14 years old and still amazingly loving
23.) Drives just to look at the beach with michael
24.) Just going to Barnes and Noble….
25.) Going out to dinner..and being able to and knowing what a privilege it is
26.) Michael’s research reassignment this year
27.) Michael’s successful colloquium on his research
28.) The teaching gifts of Michael!
29.) Just being at home and enjoying tivo together
30.) Our library at home
31.) Being at home. Period.
32.) The sun through the skylight
33.) Leaving the house each day reading elin ohara slavick’s gift to me
34.) The message from Ghandi on our back door that tyrell made years ago: an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind
35.) Surrounding ourselves in our home with warm memories and remembrances
36.) Open space
37.) The sound of michael’s laughter
38.) The smell of coffee being made
39.) The smell of toast
40.) Hamburgers on the grill
41.) Grilled chicken at home
42.) UNCW professors and their teaching
43.) The center for teaching excellence
44.) The gifts of therapy for people I love
45.) The gift of therapy by rich ogle
46.) The gift of therapy by carrie clements
47.) The gift of therapy by julie stone
48.) The gift of therapy by Ralph fox
49.) The gift of therapy by all the coastal horizons providers
50.) The gifts of therapy by carrie’s mentees
51.) Being a judge for Ashley High School Senior Projects
52.) Ashley High School
53.) New Hanover High School Lyceum program
54.) CFCC early college
55.) The Noble Middle School Students who study Albert Schweitzer
56.) The Roland Grise Students who get to come to CAM and learn
57.) Having the unconditional love and support of a mother always
58.) The most amazing friends I could have ever dreamed of…and In fact, could never have imagined
59.) Having a brother after all these years
60.) Being allowed to be there and be a friend especially in hard times
61.) Knowing that I am NEVER alone
62.) Knowing I have friends who are always there for me and truly care
63.) The continued gift of personal training
64.) Adam Freeman Personal Training
65.) Crest Fitness
66.) Custom Fit Meals
67.) Having a home that we truly love and feel safe in
68.) Our amazing and nurturing cats
69.) Having a job and being employed, particularly today
70.) Having a new venture with employment
71.) Having access to health care
72.) Having access to dental care
73.) Having good neighbors
74.) Being uncle to “Louis” the best neighbor dog ever!
75.) Walks with Louis in the woods
76.) Runs with Louis
77.) Louis kisses!
78.) Living in a neighborhood that is “safe”, or relatively so
79.) Our small little back yard sanctuary
80.) Our little “labyrinth” in the backyard
81.) Sitting in the Adirondack chairs and listening to the fountain in the Spring
82.) The chime in the wind
83.) My magnolia tree
84.) The Crepe Myrtle planted from Mother’s yard in Raleigh
85.) Having paved streets to run, bike and drive on
86.) Having heat in the winter
87.) Food to eat and access to that food
88.) Fresh vegetables
89.) Fresh fruit
90.) Feast down east
91.) Southeastern North Carolina Food Systems Program SENC Foods Farmers' Cooperative
92.) The buyer’s club
93.) Tidal Creek
94.) The 10% campaign
95.) All the businesses and folks committing to the 10% campaign
96.) The market at the Cameron during the Run, Ride, and Roll
97.) The Wilmington farmer’s market on Saturday’s
98.) Meat and poultry that is sanitary and ready for me to eat
99.) Dairy that I can just pick up and use
100.) Eggs that I can just eat
101.) Electricity always on
102.) Central heat
103.) Central air condition
104.) Cookware to cook with
105.) Dishes to eat from
106.) Computer at home
107.) Internet
108.) Cable
109.) phone
110.) Fresh water
111.) Cold and hot running water
112.) Laundry in our home
113.) Clean clothes to wear
114.) Shoes to wear
115.) Blankets to keep us warm
116.) The down comforter
117.) White cotton sheets
118.) Shelter in the storms that come around here
119.) Emergency weather radios
120.) HOA leaders who are about community, not their own issues
121.) Being able to pay our mortgage
122.) Hell, having a mortgage
123.) Having a car to drive
124.) A bike to ride
125.) A freezer to keep food in
126.) My facebook!
127.) Sharing facebook with others
128.) Hearing what others say and share on facebook
129.) The Sandra Miles Denistry
130.) The staff at Sandra Miles Denistry
131.) My smile getting better through Sandra Miles Denistry
132.) Ken White’s Boat and all he does for so many charities with it!
133.) Cruiser’s Car Wash
134.) My photos of events and people
135.) Jessica Cooper Massage Therapy
136.) John Sakel Massage Therapy
137.) Juice Plus! love this stuff!
138.) The cross city trail
139.) The section of the trail through UNCW
140.) The woods along eastwood from the cross city trail
141.) The pond on autumn hall
142.) The kayak launch under the WB bridge
143.) Kayaking
144.) Being able to fit in a kayak
145.) The reeds along the intracoastal waterway
146.) The water fowl along the intracoastal
147.) Masonboro island
148.) The amazing white, clean, and empty beach along Masonboro on the atlantic side
149.) The blue crabs in the shallows while kayaking
150.) the solitude on the water while kayaking
151.) drifting with the current
152.) living near the water like this
153.) having access to the water
154.) seeing osprey up close
155.) the boat launch at Trails end
156.) the boat launch at the park under the Memorial Bridge
157.) kayaking on the ocean at Kure Beach
158.) the annual beach seep with the honors students
159.) kure beach
160.) kure beach pier (especially it being free to go on)
161.) Wilmington water tours!
162.) The black river water tour
163.) The aquarium at Fort Fisher
164.) The eel room at Aquarium
165.) The gardens outside of the aquarium
166.) The outdoor prints at the aquarium
167.) The gators at the aquarium
168.) The fowl roaming around in the open area of the aquarium
169.) Cape Fear River Watch!
170.) River keepers
171.) The black river tour
172.) Understanding more about the impacts on the river from drilling down on our water table
173.) Lillian’s list event at the Blockade runner
174.) The blockade runner resort
175.) Flotilla Event
176.) Flotilla Run
177.) Flotilla Party
178.) The law practice of Steve Coggins
179.) Planned Parenthood of the Cape Fear/Wilmington
180.) The law practice of Frank Block
181.) The hannah block center
182.) The life of hannah block
183.) Airlie Gardens
184.) The butterfly house
185.) Enchanted Airlie
186.) The Airlie oyster roast
187.) The Bottle house
188.) The pier on the creek from the garden
189.) The garden party
190.) The hats at the garden party
191.) The seersucker and madras..just a little fun in the Spring
192.) The swans in the lake at Airlie
193.) The bent tree and getting yelled out for climbing it!
194.) The azaleas..not just at Airlie, but everywhere
195.) Spring in Wilmington period
196.) The Spring Garden at Airlie
197.) The tulips…the amazing tulips!
198.) The Airlie Oak
199.) The Outdoor concerts at Airlie
200.) The music of The Imitations
201.) The music of Susan Savia
202.) The music of the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra
203.) The Music of the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra, Youth Orchestra
204.) The music of the Wilmington Girls Choir
205.) The Organ music at First Pres
206.) The Choir at Church of the servant
207.) The Ashley High School Choir
208.) The music of Paco Strickland
209.) The music of UNCW Seniors
210.) The Music and Voice of Pamela Campbell Dareef
211.) The “community day” with Pamela et al
212.) Being allowed to pray at that and feeling that prayer
213.) The music of Renaldo Frazier
214.) The ministry of Terry Henry
215.) Gregory United Church of Christ
216.) The Williston Alumni
217.) The Black Chamber
218.) The beautiful Article in the SeaHawk from the students
219.) The Wilmington Journal
220.) Dancing with Mother on her birthday to Beach Music!
221.) Watching everyone dancing!
222.) The writing of Nan Graham
223.) The gift of the voice of Nan Graham
224.) The WHQR commentaries from Nan
225.) The Cape Fear Museum’s Jewish History Display
226.) NC Living treasures event at the Cameron with UNCW
227.) Randall Library
228.) Randall Library Staff
229.) The Fish House
230.) Dockside
231.) Being able to shop in the regular men’s department at Belks
232.) Walking into Banana Republic and being able to buy something other than a hat!
233.) The space between my stomach and my steering wheel
234.) Not being out of breath at the top of stairs
235.) Running
236.) Walking
237.) Biking
238.) Meeting each new training challenge with NO injury and growth
239.) TRX
240.) Almost doing a pull up (I am gonna get there!)
241.) Doing push ups
242.) Doing push ups with hand weights
243.) Doing planks
244.) 50 pound barbell chest press
245.) 150 pound dips
246.) One legged squats
247.) One legged sitting squats
248.) One legged squats on the bosu ball
249.) Balancing on the bosu ball
250.) Stretching
251.) Training to be a trainer class at UNCW
252.) Art lounge at home
253.) Seeing my body recover
254.) Not experiencing acid reflux daily
255.) Not having to gag on food everytime I ate
256.) No fast food wrappers in my car
257.) No nights “passed out” after eating myself to it
258.) No major binges
259.) Being able to wear jeans again
260.) Being able to tuck in my shirt in jeans!
261.) being able to enjoy a treat now and then
262.) java city
263.) the staff at Java city
264.) subway!
265.) Subway breakfast sandwiches!
266.) Tuesday morning
267.) Ebay
268.) Pawn USA
269.) Reco
270.) Reception for the New USS North Carolina Commander and officer’s at Livans
271.) Christmas at the foxes
272.) Christmas at Liv’s
273.) Celebrating at the beach with Shin lu an Wei
274.) Celebrating Chinese new year at that Chang’s
275.) Wei’s cooking!
276.) Lunch at Diana’s after the
277.) The giant heron on the dock off summer’s rest road
278.) Summer’s rest trail
279.) Biking summer’s rest trail
280.) Cameo 1900
281.) The healthy menu at Cameo 1900
282.) West Marine
283.) The arboretum
284.) The tea house at the arboretum
285.) Wilmington Tea Company
286.) Monk’s tea on the back porch
287.) Our monastery pillows in the big room
288.) My step machine
289.) The bozo ball in the house
290.) The Japanese garden at the arboretum
291.) The plant sale at the arboretum
292.) The ability garden at the arboretum
293.) The amazing section of the trail along rose avenue!
294.) Gary Shell’s memorial
295.) Halyburton Park
296.) The run, ride and roll
297.) The Lecture by Mr. Rehder and the Fly Trap Frolic
298.) The Fly Trap Frolic
299.) The fly trap preserve at Alderman School
300.) Coastal Land Trust
301.) Wilmington Parks and Recreation
302.) Olsen Park
303.) The Miracle League of Wilmington
304.) The UNCW Baseball exhibition day for the Miracle League
305.) The Kiwanis Playground at Olsen Park on its way!
306.) New Hanover County Senior Center
307.) Elderhaus
308.) Elderhaus Crabfest
309.) Elderhaus Anniversary serving our area for so long and taking care of so many seniors
310.) The woods on the back of UNCW’s campus
311.) The curvy area of the depaolo trail through the long leaf pines
312.) The leadership and tenure of Rosemay DePaolo
313.) The Portrait unveiled this year of Rosemary
314.) The legacy of learning and undergraduate research that is Rosemary’s
315.) Undergraduate Honors students
316.) Watching students grow and achieve
317.) mid year graduation
318.) end of the year graduation
319.) honors teas
320.) using grandmother’s china for the honors teas
321.) The “teal” trail on UNCW’s campus
322.) UNCW’s campus as a whole!
323.) The UNCW women’s basketball team and Coach Coop’s Coaching
324.) The UNCW Baseball team and the coaching of Coach Scalf
325.) The Hammerheads in Wilmington
326.) The pond on the Campus commons
327.) The fisher memorial area on the campus commons
328.) Shinn plaza on UNCW’s campus
329.) The “honors” lounge in the fisher student center
330.) The track at UNCW
331.) Breaking a 10 minute mile on the UNCW track this summer
332.) Without Limits Coaching
333.) Go-Time race promotions
334.) Hackman events LLC
335.) Turkey Trot 5k for Habitat for Humanity
336.) Historic Wilmington Foundation Urban Race
337.) Boseman’s Sporting Goods
338.) New Balance Shoes
339.) Wilmington Roadrunners
340.) Cape Fear Cyclists
341.) Bike Cylces
342.) TriWilmington
343.) TrySports
344.) Turtle Crawl 5k
345.) Turtle Festival on Castle Street
346.) Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Hospital
347.) Turtle nests along the coast
348.) Turtle nest watchers and preservationists!
349.) My first turtle release
350.) Visiting my Chase, my adopted sea turtle!
351.) Being allowed to carry “Dilligence” to the water to release him back to the ocean!
352.) Riding to the release with the turtle in the back of the truck, rubbing him and keeping his wet
353.) Going to the turtle release with Louise
354.) McColl and Associates
355.) Flash Promotions
356.) USS Gravely Commissioning!
357.) Bowling with Mrs. Alma Gravely’
358.) The amazing gravely crew!
359.) Sitting in Capt. Kuzman’s chair!
360.) The Gravely itself. what a ship
361.) Lunch with an Author
362.) Central Rotary
363.) The growth of the club at Central Rotary
364.) Ringing the bell and singing for Salvation Army
365.) The world’s largest rotary wheel rehab
366.) Aerial photo of the world’s largest rotary wheel
367.) Speaking with Adam at the Downtown Rotary
368.) Learning about Swartville
369.) The castle hayne farms
370.) Picking blueberries at the farm on Gordon Road
371.) The fresh strawberries on Gordon Road in the Spring at Lewis Farms
372.) Riding on the trail up to Ogden by Military Cutoff
373.) The Military Cutoff trail
374.) The Rock Garden out on Market Street
375.) Our new retention walls in our garden and slate as well
376.) Flying for the first time in years!
377.) Flying with World War II veterans for the Honor Flight
378.) Being a “Guardian” for the honor flight
379.) Escorting a Normandy hero on the Honor Flight
380.) Listening to the stories from the WWII veterans
381.) Experiencing the WWII memorial with the veterans
382.) Experiencing Iwo Jima Memorial with the veterans
383.) Experiencing the Naval memorial with the veterans
384.) Seeing the surprise and delight on the veterans faces when they got their “mail call” with letters and notes from family and friends on the flight
385.) The “welcome home” at the airport of the veterans
386.) The honor flight being sponsored by the USS Gravely
387.) The Gravely crew accompanying us on the flight
388.) Seeing the Honors students raise money to sponsors a veteran on the flight
389.) Seeing central rotary sponsor two veterans
390.) ILM
391.) The ILM Airport staff coming out for the welcome home!
392.) The fair at ILM each year
393.) Alpha Phi Sorority
394.) Alpha Phi’s Red Dress Fundraiser
395.) Alpha Phi’s volunteering of the Heart Walk
396.) Cross Country Team Volunteering for the Run Ride and Roll
397.) Honors Scholars Volunteering for the Run Ride and Roll
398.) Honors Scholars Volunteering for so many community events
399.) Honors Scholars Volunteering for Stargell
400.) Honors Scholars volunteering for the CARE event and movie launch
401.) Honors Scholars volunteering for the Well care event at the Aquarium
402.) FIJI Fraternity
403.) FIJI at the Walk a Mile in her shoes
404.) FIJI showing up for the Heart Walk
405.) The Randall Walkers Heart Walk Team
406.) The Men’s basketball team showing up for the Walk a mile in her shoes
407.) The Women’s basketball team showing up for the Walk a mile in her shoes
408.) SeaDevil’s Athletics
409.) SeaDevil’s Basketball
410.) Playing Santa Claus for the “good friends” luncheon
411.) Tuba Christmas
412.) Riding around and looking at the Christmas Lights in the area
413.) The dolphins jumping on Pleasure island
414.) Watching “the ref” for the millionth time..our tradition that starts off the holidays
415.) Our annual holiday gathering of friends
416.) Having a Christmas tree
417.) Decorating for Christmas
418.) My mother’s apple cake
419.) Mt. olive baby gerkin pickles
420.) My mother’s gravy and dressing
421.) Harold’s fried shrimp
422.) Ice box fruit cake at Daddy’s
423.) Chicken and dumplings at Casey’s
424.) Having the students over for holiday gathering
425.) Good Friends organization of women
426.) The first annual central rotary BBQ Plate fundraiser at the Masonic Lodge
427.) The Masonic Lodge on 17th
428.) Heart Association
429.) Executive Leadership Team of the Cape Fear Heart Walk
430.) Cape Fear Heart Walk
431.) Heart Ball
432.) Annual “greater than through love and support” birthday party
433.) Herrington homes
434.) Intracoastal Realty
435.) Intracoastal New Homes
436.) Coldwell Banker Seacoast Realty
437.) First Citizens
438.) First Bank
439.) PPD
440.) Eshleman Foundation
441.) Landfall Foundation
442.) Cape Fear Foundation
443.) New Hanover Regional Medication Center
444.) Cape Fear Garden Club
445.) Friends of UNCW
446.) Coastal Horizon’s Inc.
447.) Rape Crisis Center New Hanover
448.) Rape Crisis Brunswick
449.) Rape Crisis Pender
450.) Youth Shelter at Coastal Horizons
451.) TASC treatment Services
452.) The board of directors of Coastal Horizons
453.) The staff of Coastal Horizons
454.) The Coastal Horizons annual luncheon at UNCW
455.) Roy Cooper coming to the annual luncheon
456.) Walk a Mile in her Shoes Fundraiser for Rape Crisis
457.) Rock against Rape Fundraiser for Rape Crisis
458.) Vagina Monologues for Rape Crisis
459.) Getting CABHA certified for Coastal
460.) The Willie Stargell Annual Golf Tournament
461.) Mudcat Grant singing at the reception
462.) The Dialysis staff coming to the dinner
463.) The Stargell golf committee
464.) Seeing the tournament through the eyes of the student volunteers and their wonder!
465.) Watching other’s benefit from the blessings I have been given and seeing them learn and grow.
466.) The stories the players told about the history they lived
467.) Hearing what it was like,first hand, from those who lived in a segregated world
468.) Having the Wake Forest Coach come who gave his kidney to his player
469.) The glove that was given away for the tournament this year
470.) The huge income from the auction for the stargell this year!
471.) The volunteer drivers I had for the tournament this year
472.) New presenting sponsor for the tournament
473.) WECT
474.) WECT weather
475.) WECT news team and news in general
476.) WECT community involvement and support
477.) Fox affiliate
478.) New GM for Fox!
479.) Encore Magazine
480.) The “best of” Encore
481.) Having my blog in the “best of” to be able to share more
482.) To be able to do bowilmington.blogspot.com as a pay forward!
483.) The feedback from the blog!
484.) Seeing other people inspired to change their lives and getting healthy and making changes!
485.) Watching other’s be successful and enjoy and follow a path towards wellness
486.) Creating change
487.) The inspiration from other people’s journey’s and stories
488.) Learning from others as they progress and change!
489.) Being able to share this journey with others
490.) For those who set the bar for me to follow and continue to be inspirational!
491.) The Provost’s office at UNCW
492.) Academic Affairs resource management office and all involved in this
493.) All the amazing budget managers on UNCW’s campus who do more for less and who do more with less and make it happen for the students each day
494.) The smile in Einstein’s when I go to get my breakfast
495.) The cashier in Starbucks who knows me by name and my order
496.) The cashier in Lowe’s food who is always so helpful
497.) The service in Brassierie
498.) Our trashmen
499.) Our postal workers
500.) 911 operators
501.) Ambulance drivers
502.) The Doolittle ride
503.) Those who take our recycling
504.) The termite inspectors
505.) , and while I don’t like the landscaping company we have, I am grateful to the workers who toil in the summer heat for us and do what they can
506.) the maintenance crew at UNCW
507.) the housekeepers at UNCW
508.) those who keep UNCW so beautiful everyday for everyone
509.) the city workers who cleaned up after the hurricane (even the one I had an issue with when I was running. I know it was a tough haul)
510.) again, not a fan of CFPUA, but am grateful for the workers who do the job and keep water coming to our home
511.) those who maintain the lines for power
512.) handle the landfill
513.) Kid’s Making it
514.) The Kid’s making it event at Bluewater
515.) The Belizian Ambassador’s Reception
516.) The Consulate for Belize being right here!
517.) The exchange between UNCW and Belize
518.) The Coral Reef Study
519.) Buenaspace downtown
520.) Cucalorus Film Festival!
521.) The thriving film business
522.) Screen Gems Studios
523.) Going out to watch Adam play ball
524.) Being there for Fenway’s celebration of life
525.) Dr. Resnick’s vet practice
526.) The Lady’s of the Cape Fear Portraits
527.) Kenny barnes Photography
528.) Carolina Farmin!
529.) The lunch line at Carolina Farmin
530.) All the local NC food at Carolina Farmin
531.) Cape Fear Commerical
532.) Cape Fear Literacy Luncheon!
533.) 6th Annual Teen Summit
534.) The work of reverend Ben Chavis
535.) The life of Julian Baker
536.) Top walkers luncheon
537.) ELT Breakfasts at Wilmington Health
538.) Board of Governors’ meetings at the City Club!
539.) The humane treatment of our beloved pets
540.) Our Mayor and Our Commissioners with the Governor getting Iron Man 3 here
541.) The Film Commission
542.) Wining the items that the students made in the auction/raffle at the event
543.) The Kid’s making it breakfast at Shell Island
544.) The Albert Schweitzer Honors Scholar
545.) Scott Whisnant being named the Albert Schweitzer Honors Scholar for 2011
546.) The ASHS ceremony
547.) Harold Hodges photography being given to Scott as his award
548.) Scott’s amazing speech at the award ceremony
549.) The Laura Wilson Servant Leader Award
550.) Laura Wilson getting the first award
551.) The Wilmington interfaith Hospitality Network
552.) The Host churches that house homeless families and those in need
553.) The support churches and congregations that ensure food and other supplies for the families and stay the night to ensure they are well cared for
554.) The day center for WIHN on North Fourth Street
555.) Those who have who give to those who do not
556.) Those who understand it is what we do for each other, not for what we collect
557.) Those who see the importance in the common good
558.) The Kelly family and the story of their return from homelessness through the network
559.) The WIHN Gala
560.) Those who are generous in spirit
561.) Those who are generous in with their talents
562.) Those who are generous with their resources
563.) Those who are generous with their selves
564.) Those who vote their faith
565.) Those who live their faith
566.) Those whose faith is guided by the welfare and principles of the common good and best for their fellows
567.) Those who live principles over personalities
568.) Principles before personalities
569.) The Country Club of Landfall Staff
570.) Wrightsboro United Methodist Church
571.) The small group from Wrightsboro United Methodist Church
572.) Joey Gore’s music and the Wilmington Celebration Choir
573.) Southern Gospel Music
574.) Si Cantwell’s beat on community groups
575.) Starnews media
576.) Starnews media online
577.) Starnews media facebook
578.) Wilma Expo
579.) BizTech Expo
580.) Copycat printing
581.) Conscience online
582.) Lumina news
583.) Wrightsville beach magazine
584.) The StarNews
585.) Sunday’s in the bed with the paper
586.) Sunday’s
587.) Clove Marketing
588.) Talk Inc
589.) College Road Diner
590.) Tuesday Morning
591.) Ogden Optical
592.) Having glasses I can see with
593.) Having glasses I can read with
594.) Having glasses I can take off and be vain with!
595.) Bald Head Island Conservancy
596.) Bald Head Island Leadership
597.) The barrier iselans in the area
598.) The new School of Health at UNCW
599.) The nursing program at UNCW
600.) The Ada Zola King Dean Nursing Scholarship
601.) The Thad Dankel Memorial Math Scholarship
602.) The LS Dean Scholarship in Honors
603.) The Boseman-TenHuisen Scholarship
604.) The Levy/Bruce Honors Scholarship
605.) The Myers Art History Scholarship
606.) The Betsy Irvin Memorial Honors Women’s Studies Minor Scholarship
607.) Cape Fear Community College
608.) The Cape Fear Community College Foundation
609.) The CFCC Foundation Staff
610.) The CFCC foundation Board
611.) The faculty and staff of CFCC
612.) Fourth of july on the CFCC pier
613.) The Moffitt being funded by the legislature
614.) The CFCC alumni Association
615.) The SeaDevils to SeaHawks club at UNCW
616.) The Gift of Education Luncheon at CFCC
617.) Our Place Teaching Restaurant at CFCC
618.) The CFCC North Campus
619.) the 911 memorial at the north campus
620.) donor appreciation event at CFCC-Kentucky derby
621.) playing cornhlole
622.) Wilmington Business Journal!
623.) Afternoon emails from the WBJ
624.) Power Breakfast Series
625.) Wilma Magazine
626.) Fittest Exec effort
627.) Wilmington Downtown Inc
628.) Dock Street Printing
629.) Toner Exchange
630.) Four Seasons Trophy Shop
631.) Coastal Engraving!
632.) Downtown Concert Series
633.) Downtown Farmer’s market
634.) Riverwalk
635.) Running the riverwalk for the HWF race
636.) Kayaking the river along the riverwalk
637.) Kayaking over to the wreck on the opposite side of the river
638.) Battleship North Carolina
639.) July fourth fireworks
640.) Commissioning fireworks
641.) New Year’s fireworks
642.) PRIDE at UNCW
643.) Church of the Servant Episcopal
644.) The Bargain Box resale shop
645.) The labyrinth at Church of the servant
646.) The memorial garden at Church of the servant
647.) Officiating at the wedding of Sarah and Zach
648.) The Bellamy mansion
649.) Café Phoenix in its’ new location
650.) Officiating at the wedding of Leigh and Randall
651.) Officiating at the wedding of Beth and Will
652.) The seahawk sculpture by Dumay Gorham
653.) The paddle sculpture for the 1898 memorial park
654.) The “sanitary” fountain downtown
655.) The kenan fountain
656.) The venus fly trap sculpture at the foot of market
657.) The Buddha Frog in the Arboretum
658.) The sculpture of Dumay Gorham
659.) The Sculpture of Andy
660.) The clay studio at UNCW
661.) The pottery of
662.) The clay work of Hiroshi
663.) The pancoe clay studio at Cameron Art museum
664.) The Cameron Art museum
665.) The Cameron Art Museum School
666.) The stained glass window in the reception hall
667.) The Folks Café Coffee days on Friday at the Cameron Art Museum
668.) Hattitude and “Crowns” exhibition at the Cameron
669.) The Church fan exhibition at the Cameron
670.) The new benches and park area throughout the Cameron grounds
671.) The Cross city trail running through the Cameron
672.) The art of Virginia Wright Frierson
673.) The art of david Norris
674.) The art of Donnie Wrights
675.) Donnie getting his masters!
676.) The art of MJ Cunnigham
677.) The art of Kristin Gibson
678.) The art of Michele Connelly
679.) The art of Elizabeth Darrow
680.) The art of Sullivan Dunn
681.) The art of Wexler
682.) The art of Xris Xssler
683.) The photography of Andy Fletcher
684.) The photography of Mark Steelman
685.) The photography of Jamie Moncrief
686.) The gift of a portrait by Jamie Moncrief
687.) The art of Bates Toone
688.) The photography of Mr. Davis
689.) The photography of Jason Pearson
690.) The photography of Logan Wallace
691.) The gift of helping me see myself for the first time from Logan Wallace
692.) The Wilma Night’s Celebrity Auction
693.) Eddie’s Floral Gallery
694.) Julia’s Florists
695.) Wrightsboro Wholesale Florists
696.) Edwin van de Bovencamp Flower growers in Castle Hayne
697.) The opening of the Honors College this fall
698.) The Paul Hosier Undergraduate Research Fellowships
699.) The WHQR pledge drive
700.) Jemila Erickson’s mid day Café
701.) Day sponsorships at WHQR
702.) The WHQR luncheon at the convention center
703.) The Cape Fear Green Building Alliance
704.) The CFGBA Luncheon at the Convention center
705.)
706.) The Annual meeting of Coastal Horizons at the Hilton
707.) The Hampton Inn Landfall
708.) The Hampton Inn Sponsorships and Support in the area!
709.) The Hilton Garden Inn at Mayfaire
710.) Homewood Suites at Mayfaire
711.) Wilmington Health Access for Teens
712.) The WHAT picnic at the blockade runner
713.) WHAT in school health centers
714.) WHAT staff and leadership
715.) The board of WHAT
716.) Going to Disney for the first time since 1971!
717.) Celebrating the wedding of Will and Beth in Disney
718.) The Food and Wine Expo at Epcot! Wow!
719.) The fireworks at Epcot
720.) Attending Cirque de soleil with Michael
721.) The Homewood Suites sponsorships of local events
722.) The CARE project
723.) The CARE project premiere here in Wilmington
724.) The Brooklyn arts center
725.) the art of Liz Hosier
726.) the art of Fritz Kapruan
727.) townhouse art and frame
728.) Perry’s Emporium
729.) Kingoff’s Jewelry
730.) The city club
731.) The city club giving membership dues to charity!
732.) The city club gardens
733.) The front porch of the city club
734.) The staff at the city club
735.) Habitat for Humanity of the Cape Fear
736.) The youth build house built with Habitat for humanity
737.) The Wilmington youth build program
738.) The youth build graduation
739.) The youth build visits to UNCW
740.) Habitat’s neighborhood revitalization effort
741.) Wilmington Housing Authority
742.) The Dedication of Brooklyn Homes at Taylor Estates
743.) The staff of the WHA!
744.) The UNCW/WHA Community Campus
745.) The community garden at the campus
746.) The community partnerships with WHA
747.) The grant to revitalize Hillcrest
748.) The gazebo at Soloman towers
749.) The remodel of Soloman towers
750.) Jervay House and more housing for disabled folks
751.) The Olsen Park Kiwanis Playground fundraising
752.) The Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast
753.) The Olsen Park Miracle field fundraising
754.) The Miracle League day at UNCW Baseball
755.) Miracle League of Wilmington
756.) Health and applied human sciences at UNCW!
757.) HeartStops Blog by Marty
758.) Unheavy debbie blog!
759.) Weighing in with Sherry-Sherry Jone’s Blog
760.) Jill’s Blog-Jillsville
761.) The Grove Project Blog
762.) The Huffington Post
763.) Kathy’s Blog-Two Old Broads
764.) Craig’s new journey for health and wellness
765.) Adam Freeman Personal Training Blog
766.) Community Solutions Southeast
767.) Port City Young professionals
768.) The law practice of Andy Mcvey
769.) The law practice of Julia Boseman
770.) The law practice of Virginia Hager
771.) the law practice of Gary Shipman
772.) the New Hanover County Sheriff’s office
773.) the appointment of Robin Robinson to Judge
774.) the judiciary in New Hanover County
775.) Harold Wells insurance
776.) Chadwick Insurance with Robert McIver
777.) Earney CPA and the audits for non-profits I sit on
778.) McGladrey audits
779.) Wrightsville beach loop
780.) The trees on the loop
781.) Running the loop
782.) The Wrightsville beach museum
783.) Fellowship at WB on Sunday’s
784.) Sweet and savory
785.) Comedy of Timmy Sherrill
786.) Comedy of Buddy Lewis
787.) Nutt Street Comedy Club
788.) Level 5
789.) Thalian Association
790.) The arts council coming back to Wilmington!
791.) Caslte Street Antique District
792.) Jester’s Java
793.) Keffi’s outside looking over eastwood road
794.) Boca bay
795.) Brassiere
796.) Kathy and the staff at Brassiere
797.) Anything Ash does for food! LOL!
798.) Terrazo’s
799.) Leadership Wilmington Alumni Socials
800.) Leadership Wilmington
801.) Tennis Tournaments at Empie
802.) Softball Tournaments at Olsen
803.) The public pools through parks and rec!
804.) The amazing back to school giveaway with Sandra and Big B
805.) The gift of voice from Sandra and Big B
806.) The gift of Voice from Foz
807.) 107.5!
808.) 97.3!
809.) The writing of Clyde Edgerton
810.) The writing of Dana Sachs
811.) The writing of Hannah Abrams
812.) The writing and film work of Dave Monahan
813.) The writing of David Gessner
814.) The art of Ned Irvine
815.) Explorations Journal housed at UNCW
816.) Ecotone
817.) Peripulus
818.) The Seahawk
819.) Atlantis
820.) Slice of Life…BEST PIZZA EVER!
821.) Adam being nominated for Philanthropist of the year
822.) Ashley being nominated as Professional fundraiser of the year
823.) Cape Fear Association of Fundraising Professionals
824.) AFP breakfast
825.) Tim Milam getting Philanthropist of the year
826.) Louise McColl getting the volunteer recognition from the city for the Gravely
827.) The Wilmington Chamber of Commerce
828.) The new Chamber Logo
829.) The Chamber foundation
830.) The Karl Davis Leadership Wilmington Alumni Award
831.) The life of Karl Davis!
832.) The life of Betty Ann Sanders
833.) Spending time with betty ann on that day
834.) The memorial for betty ann at UNCW
835.) The life of Kayleigh Anne Freeman
836.) The balloon release for Kayleigh at Homewood Suites
837.) The March of Dimes Walk with the freeman’s
838.) Adam Freeman’s Fit Camp
839.) Being asked to speak at the fit camp!
840.) The “got heart?” t-shirts
841.) All the volunteers that Adam got to help the fit campers!
842.) The money raised from the fit camp for the Heart Walk
843.) The before and after picture..the amazing gift from the freeman’s
844.) Swimming in our pool this summer
845.) Being on the beach without my shirt
846.) Walking on Masonboro Island without my shirt
847.) Tidal Creek
848.) Whole Food vitamins at Tidal Creek
849.) Heidi Kaufman Dietician Services
850.) Wilmington Health
851.) Wilmington Health as a lead sponsor for the heart walk
852.) Great Clips Wilmington
853.) The owners of Great Clips and all they do for Wilmington!
854.) Hooks Alarm Company
855.) BB&T
856.) State Employee’s Credit Union
857.) Stephenson Honda
858.) Blacks’ tire and auto
859.) Stephenson Honda Service
860.) Lease Auto
861.) Lease Auto donating a car to WIHN!
862.) A 16 year old getting the car that was donated as her first car!
863.) the crew at Lease Auto that took such pride in getting that car ready and donating it!
864.) Adult Day Care services
865.) Just for Buyers real estate
866.) The life of Macy McRae
867.) The Life of Windell Daniels
868.) Wilma’s Birthday Party at UNCW
869.) Louise’s Birthday at the Hampton Inn
870.) The men’s breakfast
871.) Chris’ restaurant
872.) Angie’s catering
873.) Elizabeth Redenbaugh receiving the John Kennedy Award
874.) WECT playing the ceremony on TV and all who sponsored it!
875.) Wilmington in Black and White
876.) YWCA women of Achievement
877.) Domestic Violence Shelter
878.) The Domestic Violence Shelter Fashion Show
879.) The Domestic Violence Shelter Father’s of Hope Ad in the Starnews each year
880.) Vintage Values resale shops
881.) Wilmington Chief of Police and the WPD
882.) The Campaign committee for the re-election of Bill Saffo as our Mayor
883.) The service of Bill Saffo
884.) The day on the bus with the campaign committee!
885.) The service of Laura Padgett
886.) The re-election of Laura Padgett
887.) The service of Earl Sheridan
888.) The service of Margaret Haynes
889.) The re-election of Margaret Haynes
890.) The Service of Susi Hamilton
891.) All Wilmington City Employees
892.) The Wilmington Manager’s officer
893.) All in Wilmington Parks and recreation
894.) Wilmington Council and Mayor’s office
895.) The annual holiday parade downtown
896.) The tree on market street by the federal building at Christmas
897.) Historic Wilmington Candlelight tours
898.) The WFD
899.) The Wrightsville Beach FD
900.) The quick action this year in our neighborhood of the WFD that stopped a fire that took three homes and the action of both the officer of WPD and WFD.
901.) The life of the animals lost in that fire and the love they gave those individuals.
902.) The service of Jonathan Barfield
903.) The service of Jason Thompson
904.) The service of Ted Davis
905.) The service of Rick Catlin
906.) The NHC Manger’s office
907.) The NHC parks department
908.) The senior center
909.) Living outloud magazine
910.) The NHC Citizen’s academy and an incredible experience
911.) Social Services of New Hanover County
912.) The food nutrition program in New Hanover County
913.) The NHC finance department and all they do to make our money go far!
914.) Election results coming back at the government center
915.) The government center itself and easy access for all
916.) The 911 center
917.) The employees at the 911 center
918.) The staff at NHRMC
919.) The NIC unit at NHRMC
920.) The Willie Stargell Dialysis center at NHRMC
921.) The amazing staff at the dialysis center
922.) The chapel in NHRMC
923.) The stained glass window in NHRMC
924.) The Zimmer Cancer Center
925.) Champion Davis Center
926.) The Champion Davis being a non profit and serving so many
927.) The Champion Davis rehab area
928.) The voice of Julie Rehder
929.) Hospice of Lower Cape Fear
930.) The labyrinth at Hospice of Lower Cape Fear
931.) The “have the converstation” campaign
932.) The “orange you glad you came” fundraiser for hospice
933.) Jess James events in Wilmington
934.) Outdoor adventure programs at UNCW
935.) Challenge course
936.) Municipal Golf Course
937.) Junior Golf Academy
938.) Cape Fear National Golf Course
939.) River Landing Golf Course
940.) The Chamber Golf Tournament
941.) The CFCC Golf Tournament
942.) The Tin Cup Golf Tournament
943.) The Junior Golf Academy Golf Tournament
944.) “For Colored Girls” being performed at UNCW
945.) Lumina Theater
946.) Mayfaire theaters
947.) Mitchell Gold coming to Wilmington
948.) Carolina Canines
949.) The NHC Animal Control office
950.) The ministry of Catherine Powell
951.) The Ministry of Rev. Baumann
952.) The ministry of Ernie Thompson
953.) The ministry of John McLaughlin
954.) The ministry of Cheryl Walker
955.) The Ministry of Kevin Hay
956.) The Ministry of Rabbi Waxman
957.) The ministry of Sister Issac
958.) The ministry of Sister rose
959.) The ministry of Father Bob
960.) The ministry of Rev. Elliot
961.) The ministry of PD Midgett
962.) The ministry of Andy Anderson
963.) All the ministries in the area that understand that service to and for the “least among us” is what we are called to do”
964.) St. Jude’s
965.) Unitarian Universalists
966.) Pearsall Presbyterian
967.) Winter Park Presbyterian
968.) 1st Presbyterian
969.) the stained glass in 1st pres! Unreal!
970.) The temple on Market
971.) The basement in the temple with the Judaica
972.) the transitional housing 1st. Presbyterian makes avaible to WIHN
973.) The mission mortgage at St. Mark
974.) The Mission mortgage from PC3
975.) St. James
976.) St. John’s
977.) St. Pauls
978.) Grace United Methodist
979.) Wrightsville United Methodists
980.) Wrightsboro United Methodists
981.) Macedonia
982.) St. Luke’s
983.) Unity
984.) 1st Baptist
985.) St. Nicolas Greek Orthodox Church on Market
986.) The amazing icons in the Greek Orthodox Church
987.) The Greek Festival
988.) The food at the greek festival
989.) The music at the greek festival
990.) Good Shepherd Ministries
991.) Good Shepherd Shelter
992.) The staff and volunteers at Good Shepherd
993.) Frans Fans
994.) Annual Coat Drive
995.) First Fruit Ministries
996.) QENO
997.) QENO programs to help and educate non-profits
998.) The New OutWilmington
999.) Wilmington Pride
1000.) The New OutWilmington Winter Ball at CAM
1001.) The New OutWilmington Website
1002.) Wilmington Pride newsletter
1003.) Community action when student attacked
1004.) LGBTQIA resource center
1005.) Having Reverend Jimmy Creech come to speak
1006.) All the programs from the center
1007.) The annual awards from the center
1008.) The leadership of the center!
1009.) PortCity takeover
1010.) Elizabeth Darrow exhibition at the Property Shop
1011.) The Property Shop!
1012.) Pine Valley Market
1013.) Pine Valley Market getting all those “best of” awards from encore
1014.) Pine Valley Market catering!
1015.) Pine Valley market burgers (best EVER!)
1016.) Pine valley market veggie sandwiches for my step dad!
1017.) Pine Valley market chocolate dessert for Moma Weller!
1018.) Pita Delite
1019.) Pita Delite Heart Day for the Cape Fear Heart Walk!
1020.) Pam’s Salad!
1021.) Port City Java on Racine being open!
1022.) Starbucks on College Road
1023.) The Men’s club in the morning at the starbuck’s on College road
1024.) The staff at the starbuck’s on College road
1025.) Shops on Racine
1026.) Fat Tony’s on Racine
1027.) Fuzzy Peach Frozen Yogurt
1028.) Fuzzy Peach being owned by UNCW grads!
1029.) Sugar free cheese cake yogurt with blueberries and strawberries at Fuzzy Peach
1030.) Turkey sausage!
1031.) Candadian bacon
1032.) Spinach and lots of it!
1033.) Bananas
1034.) Apples
1035.) Salad
1036.) Not eating pasta
1037.) Not eating junk food (still!)
1038.) Mixed Greens
1039.) Collards
1040.) White corn
1041.) Sugar free can fruit!
1042.) Sugar Free fruit cocktail
1043.) Whole wheat bread
1044.) Costco for healthier items
1045.) Pure protein Protein bars with very little sugar
1046.) Harris Teeter Pharmacy
1047.) Brita water filter
1048.) Emergen-c
1049.) Sugar free breyers ice cream
1050.) Sugar free Eskimo pies
1051.) Sugar free fruit pops!
1052.) Fat free sliced sharp cheddar cheese
1053.) Fat free creamer
1054.) Pita chips
1055.) Werther’s sugar free caramels
1056.) My Ipod
1057.) My Iphone
1058.) The music that I have downloaded to run to!
1059.) The Carousel Center show and our troupe!
1060.) The Carousel Center
1061.) Hibachi Bistro on South College Road
1062.) Nikki’s on racine
1063.) Surf’s restaurant
1064.) Surf’s Heart Day for the Cape Fear Heart Walk
1065.) Zoe’s Kitchen
1066.) Zoe’s Heart Day for the Cape Fear Heart Walk
1067.) Rubbing the ears of our little girl cat
1068.) Seeing our boy cat flip out over cat nip
1069.) Having Circe (little girl), paw at my face to get my attention
1070.) Being 5 minutes from the beach by car
1071.) Running to the beach for the first time this year
1072.) Running to the beach and back this year!
1073.) Running the loop twice! : )
1074.) Learning some yoga from my oldest friend, Karl
1075.) The gift of yoga from Karl
1076.) Taking 18 full minutes off the time of my first 5k
1077.) Continuing, a day at a time, to live a healthier life
1078.) Not going to drive throughs (at all!)
1079.) Not smoking (15 years and counting)
1080.) The humor of Celia Rivenbark
1081.) Celia’s book launch for “for a fat girl…”
1082.) Celia’s column
1083.) Celia baking a cake for the WIHN Gala..making us 1500$! Best damn Duplin county cake maker EVER!
1084.) The yoga farting story
1085.) Wilmington Area Rebuilding Ministry
1086.) The Leadership of WARM
1087.) The first WARM Gala
1088.) Celia at the WARM Gala
1089.) The healing and continued clear healing for Rhonda S
1090.) The healing and continued clear healing for Mary B.
1091.) The healing and continued clear healing for Scott W
1092.) Moma W.’s Healing and continued good health
1093.) Pink Pack program from WECT
1094.) The Pink Ribbon Program
1095.) The Buddy Check with Frances
1096.) Run for the Ta Tas
1097.) The best damn 13 years I could have prayed for at UNCW
1098.) The Project BGLAD work that is now the Safe Zone
1099.) The Upperman Center that is now shared with multicultural, Centro Hispano, Women’s Resource, LGBTQIA, and housed with a VC Provost of Mulitcultural..reaching out, teaching and make a difference FOR All
1100.) The Honors Program that is now the Honors College
1101.) The Psychology department that will now have a building
1102.) The Psychology Department that will now have a PHD Program
1103.) The Watson School of Ed that went from King Hall to the space it is in
1104.) The Watson School which now has a PHD program
1105.) The Biology Department which now has a PHD Program in Marine Biology
1106.) The Marine Bilogy Center
1107.) The Burlivech Center for Marine Biology
1108.) The Student union that is now the Fisher Center and the Student Union
1109.) The burney support center that is now the Burney Ballroom that houses hundreds of events each year
1110.) The Warwick center which is now remodled
1111.) Boseman Field and the boseman Field house
1112.) The baseball field house from the fishers
1113.) The OLLI building on south college roard
1114.) The CIS building
1115.) The Honors Office in Randall that was once this little space
1116.) West side hall transformed to Depolo hall
1117.) Trask being redone and all shiny now
1118.) The Nixon annex being built and the subsequent building
1119.) McNeil Hall being built
1120.) The battle that Senator Boseman and Dean Adams waged to get the funding for the School of Nursing
1121.) The Battle Danny McComas, Dean Tyndall and Dr. Luetze waged to ge the money for the Ed Building
1122.) Luetze hall being built
1123.) The legacy of Dr. James Luetze here
1124.) The campus commons making its way for all to use
1125.) The building of the parking deck
1126.) The remodel of Wagoner hall
1127.) The opening of the dub café
1128.) The installation of the seahwak at the front of campus
1129.) Watching the clock tower being installed
1130.) Watching the students, lead by then student leader shane Fernando, collect the money to create the clocktower
1131.) The claude howell in the library
1132.) The portrait of Dr. Luetze
1133.) Dawson’s Creek being filmed on Campus
1134.) Walking into shots in the library when Dawson’s creek was being filmed
1135.) The building of cornerstone hall
1136.) The building of the crossing
1137.) The remodel of kenan hall and creative writing moving in
1138.) The annex in belk being built
1139.) The long protests over the trees!
1140.) The building of the Seahawk village
1141.) The erecting and dedicating Shinn Plaza
1142.) The life and work of Dr. Gerry Shinn
1143.) The video recordings and history gathered by UNCW Archives
1144.) UNCW Archives
1145.) First town and gown that became the community council dealing with off campus issues
1146.) The chancellor’s club
1147.) The board of visitors at UNCW
1148.) The foundation board at UNCW
1149.) The Board of trustees at UNCW
1150.) Being in the chancellor’s club
1151.) The staff council being formed
1152.) The staff council becoming the staff senate
1153.) The Staff Senate scholarship
1154.) Seahawk Perch
1155.) The quilt being made (and quilted by mother) for the AIDS memorial in Fisher
1156.) The Honors Lounge being set up
1157.) The TV’s set up in the Honors Lounge and in the office
1158.) The staff senate scholarship becoming endowed
1159.) The annual poinsettia sale for the staff scholarship
1160.) The memorial benches down at honors
1161.) The vigil after 911
1162.) The vigil after Virginia teach
1163.) The bullying vigil
1164.) The memorial for the loss of the honors students
1165.) So many students doing so many good works
1166.) So many staff doing such hard work and giving so much!
1167.) So many faculty giving of themselves
1168.) All the mentors of honors projects (for free by the way!)
1169.) All the tutoring in local schools
1170.) All the engagement that I have born witness too!
1171.) The scholarship diners
1172.) The thank you note sessions and never a complaint to do so
1173.) All the letters that came each semester through student affairs-these I treasure most as they came from the students
1174.) The human relations advisory committee
1175.) The graduation committee
1176.) The chancellor’s diversity council
1177.) Southern Regional Honors Council Conference at the Hilton
1178.) CAA Conference here at UNCW
1179.) SNUCRS here at UNCW
1180.) The undergraduate research showcase
1181.) The Darwin Conference
1182.) The Honors Spring Speakers
1183.) The honors Spring Speaker reading groups
1184.) UNCW Special Collections
1185.) NHC library
1186.) NHC east branch library
1187.) NHC Library sale
1188.) The joy of Michael at the NHC sale each time!
1189.) The ability to shed tears of job
1190.) The ability to shed tears of sorrow
1191.) The ability to feel a full range of emotions
1192.) The ability to feel
1193.) The gifts of friendship
1194.) The gifts of community
1195.) The gift gifts of the very air we breathe
1196.) God’s amazing grace, undeserved, but so so thankful!
1197.) Another year of this list!
1198.) The possibility, one day at a time, that we will get to 1300
1199.) The truth that there are more things that could be listed here each year
1200.) And lastly, knowing that if you read through this and I have missed something that you and I did together, you and I shared and it was not listed, it was not that I am not grateful for it, it is that in the abundance that WE live out, there is room for us to share with each other that joy and make that connection in person, in an email, or on facebook and share that and make more for the days to come! Here’s to making more and experiencing more in the year to come, the days to come, the moments to come to be grateful for!
